Meanings
verbdemine (third-person singular simple present demines, present participle demining, simple past and past participle demined)
present singular third person demines · participle present demining · participle past demined · past demined
- transitiveTo remove explosive mines (landmines or naval mines) from.
Origin
- Frenchdéminer
- Englishdemine
From French déminer.
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Chinese Mandarin 排雷, 掃雷 /扫雷
- 排雷 (páiléi)remove explosive mines from
- 掃雷 /扫雷 (sǎoléi)remove explosive mines from
Dutch ontmijnen
- ontmijnenremove explosive mines from
Finnish raivata
- raivataremove explosive mines from
French déminer
- déminerremove explosive mines from
German entminen
- entminenremove explosive mines from
Italian sminare, bonificare
- sminareremove explosive mines from
- bonificareremove explosive mines from
Polish rozminowywać, rozminować
- rozminowywaćremove explosive mines from
- rozminowaćremove explosive mines from
Portuguese desminar
- desminarremove explosive mines from
Russian размини́ровать
- размини́ровать (razminírovatʹ)remove explosive mines from
Spanish desminar
- desminarremove explosive mines from
Swedish minröja
- minröjaremove explosive mines from
Ukrainian розміно́вувати, розмінува́ти
- розміно́вувати (rozminóvuvaty)remove explosive mines from
- розмінува́ти (rozminuváty)remove explosive mines from
Vietnamese gỡ mìn
- gỡ mìnremove explosive mines from
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Cite this entry
APA
demine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demine
MLA
“demine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demine.
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